Curated to-do lists would be valuable for individuals and brands
A tweet from foursquare designer Mari Sheibley yesterday got me thinking about a feature foursquare could implement that would be valuable for brands and regular users alike: curated to-do lists.
The lists would be similar to Amazon’s Listmania, where users create all sorts of lists, from the best rock albums to the ten items every kitchen must have. With curated lists on foursquare, users would add their to-dos to a list and other users could then add that entire list to their own to-do lists either en masse or one at a time.
Sheibley met up with an old friend and helped her add some fun things to do now that she’s moved to New York City. With a curated to-do list, Mari could have created a list for “Fun Things for New New Yorkers,” and her friend could have added all those to-dos to her list with one click. That way she’d be reminded of them each time she checked in near of them on foursquare.
I’d love to create a list of places for photographers to shoot in Cincinnati, along with tips on the best vantage points and times of day. I’m sure you can think of something you’re an expert on that could be put into a to-do list for other users, perhaps your favorite sushi bars or places to people-watch.
This would also be a great opportunity for brands. MTV could create a list of 10 of Snooki’s favorite places or National Geographic could make a list of places to see before you die. Completing a list could earn extra points, badges or prizes from sponsors.
Curated to-do lists would be a fun way to collect the top tips from experts in a particular subject and make the easily accessible to other users. What do you think? Would these lists be valuable for foursquare?
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Oh, please, give me a break. Most of the “curated lists” on Amazon are so fucking stupid and obvious that they make me want to reach the monitor Freddy Krueger-style and a slash somebody. Look up a Rolling Stones album, and see “Bob’s List of all Rolling Stones albums.” Look up a cell phone case and get “Alice’s list of mobile phone accessories.” Does anybody use that crap? (Wait, don’t answer that, because if you say you use it, I’ll have to assume you’re an idiot who doesn’t know how to search Amazon.com for a band’s name.)
Know what curated lists on Foursquare would look like? 50% metagaming crap like “These venues unlock the Douchebag badge!” and 50% stupid-obvious-useless stuff like “Fred’s favorite mexican restaurants in Cleveland.” That crap would just clutter Foursquare with stupid.
Gowalla already has this feature with “trips”. FS would just look like it’s stealing a competitors feature.
Since when has that stopped anyone
I can see this a fun thing. However anyone using for any other purpose than fun could cause problems for people knowing what they’re doing, as in trying to meet a deadline.
Time Management is an individuals responsibility when it’s broken down in small chunks.
I can see this turning into a makeshift project managers job. Which to be honest, can we get some applications with learning curves so every idiot on the planet isn’t in there doing something they have no idea about?